ARGYNNIS III. 



ARGYNNIS OPIS, 5-8. 



Argynnh Opts, Edwanls, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Vol. V., p. 10.5, 1874. 



jMale. — Expands 1.5 inch. 



Primaries moderately arched, hind margins rounded ; under side without silver. 



Upper side uniform yellow-fulvous ; primaries very little obscured at base, 

 secondaries rather larg-ely obscured both at base and down the abdominal inax-- 

 gin to the mesial band, that part of the wing being covered with a dense coating 

 of dark brown bristling haii's ; hind margins edged by two fine parallel lines, 

 showing very narrow fulvous spaces between, and connected tlu-oughout with a 

 series of small black lunules within which are fulvous spots ; the extra-discal 

 spots small ; the mesial band delicate, and confluent on secondaries ; in the cell 

 of primaries a wavy stripe crosses the lower median interspace and part of sub- 

 median below cell ; secondaries have on the disk an incomplete black ring ; 

 fringes luteous, fuscous at the ends of the nervules. 



Under side of primaries buft", very slightly, if at all, red-tinted on basal area 

 of primaries ; the markings of the cell repeated, the mesial band represented 

 by separated spots ; the extra-discal spots obsolete except two or three next 

 inner margin ; the usual sub-marginal spots obsolete, or near inner angle repre- 

 sented by a few scales only. Secondaries have the discal area pale ochraceous, 

 somewhat mottled with faint red ; the space beyond the second row of spots 

 clear ochraceous ; the sub-marginal spots faint, those of second row and those 

 towards base scarcely more distinct ; all these arranged as in EuDjnome and al- 

 lied species, but ochraceous, with no silver. 



Body above fuscous with fulvous hair.s ; beneath, the thorax gray-fulvous, ab- 

 domen buff; legs buff; palpi gray-fulvous ; antennae fuscous above, fulvous be- 

 low ; club black, the tip fulvous. 



Female. — Same size and shape. Color deeper fulvous ; both wings obscured 

 from base nearly to mesial band ; the marginal band with the connected lunules 



